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Is your HR job making you miserable?

Steve Bridger

Last month we were discussing What key challenges are you currently facing in your role? 

One of you mentioned "the impossibility of balancing different priorities, when you have a genuine desire to do the right thing by the people you work with. I've always chosen to work in a relatively small organisation, so I'm close to the people whose jobs I support. For the first time, I'm thinking that I'd like a bit of distance!" (Which, incidentally, reminds me of this thread from the archive...)
Should HR have employees as Facebook 'Friends'?

Another community member said, "...with so much change in the business, it's so difficult to keep everyone feeling safe and secure, informed to the right level."

I know that so many of you find this Community a comfortable space to share your highs and lows with your peers, but it's almost two years to the day that I asked How are you all doing? after the worst of the pandemic.

We have been talking about this NYT article at CIPD this week... which has prompted me to ask that question again: how are you all doing?

So, Human Resources Is Making You Miserable?

HR managers... say that since the pandemic, the job has become an exasperating ordeal. “People hate us,” one said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/03/business/human-resources-professionals-workplace.html

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  • Robey, Keith and Holly. I hear you.

    I think HR has always been a hard gig, is it harder than other functions, I don't know. Is it harder now than when I first joined the function from being in the business, I don't know. Does it make me miserable? No.

    Other things in life, the UK and the world that are bigger and more worrisome make me feel sad and dent my trust, faith and hope that things are truly progressing for more people. That might be too deep for a Wednesday morning however it gives me and my work and my life a sense of perspective.

    To get through the ups and downs natural in any career, I believe it's important to:
    *keep learning, being curious and listening.
    *get personal support and have a strong network we can lean on when we feel down.
    *realise we can weather any ups and downs as things aren't often brand new, they are builds on what's gone on before and we can work through them.
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  • Robey, Keith and Holly. I hear you.

    I think HR has always been a hard gig, is it harder than other functions, I don't know. Is it harder now than when I first joined the function from being in the business, I don't know. Does it make me miserable? No.

    Other things in life, the UK and the world that are bigger and more worrisome make me feel sad and dent my trust, faith and hope that things are truly progressing for more people. That might be too deep for a Wednesday morning however it gives me and my work and my life a sense of perspective.

    To get through the ups and downs natural in any career, I believe it's important to:
    *keep learning, being curious and listening.
    *get personal support and have a strong network we can lean on when we feel down.
    *realise we can weather any ups and downs as things aren't often brand new, they are builds on what's gone on before and we can work through them.
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